1st Place: Mel Leduc and Dexter Santos 2nd Place: Olivia Hillmer and Adam Wilkerson 3rd Place: Elizabeth Kilrain and Sarah Elise Participants: Emily Joy Troe and Riley Karbon Andi Hansen and Cortnie Cook Jennifer Sowden and Catherine Palmier

Ashley McDow - Ewan Duncan (second Place) Rosie Myhan-Keogh - Isabelle Mugai (Third Place) Ioanna Panagopoulou - Alex Palamidis (First Place) Becky Norris - Beatrice Elespini Flouer Evelyn - Michael Wälti Vlada Petrivska - Gleb Sviripa Music: All skate A Good Man is Hard to Find - Di Anne Price Spotlights Blues Hotel - Koko Taylor with B.B. King Baby, Every Once in A While - Ann Rabson To Hell with Love - Di Anne Price Cool Blues Walk - Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater Dog House Blues - Big Jim Wynn Hallelujah I Just Love Him so - Ann Rabson All skate Nothing but your Butt - Ironing Board Sam Competition DJ: Mr. Ben - Swing & Blues DJ

In the final for the Mix & Match Ballroomin' Blues Dancing competition at Backwater Blues in Huntsville, Alabama, Leads and Follows dance three all-skates! We do this to pay homage to the full, large dance floors of the great ballrooms of the past and present. We also rotate finalists between songs, and so Leads and Follows are judged separately! PLACEMENTS: FOLLOWS: 1st: Sarah Lokay 2nd: Olivia Hillmer 3rd: Andi Hansen LEADS: 1st: Ross Blythe 2nd: Dominic Hanna 3rd: Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz Special thanks to the K-Night Owls featuring Taryn Newborne! Jason Knight - Guitar, charts, and band liaison to the board Danielle Knight - Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Charts Daniel Newton - Alto Sax Joshua Brown - Drums James Posey - Keys Andrew Horton - Trombone Mark Pettey - Trumpet Taryn Newborne - Vocals AND BEN JOBE - Bass and ALL STUDIO RECORDING AND MIXING (Sorry you got left off initially!)

Manchester’s weekly blues dancing classes, every Monday night. www.honeyblues.co.uk

1st: Mike Legenthal and Damon Stone 2nd: Julie Brown and Timothy O'Neill 3rd: Laura Chieko and Ross Blythe

Some of Manchester’s Honey Blues dancers dancing on the Buxton Blues Train from Manchester to Buxton, to the Terry Burgin Blues Band.

Dan Repsch’s group choreography from Dig Deeper Blues Dance Weekend in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Little video I took during class last night. 😄 Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate our first birthday last night! 🎉 The cake is nearly all gone!!